Complete Molecular Biology of the Cell 6th Edition
Alberts Questions & Answers with rationales .
Study of structure, function, and behaviour of cells - CORRECT ANSWERS--Cell
Biology
All living cells store hereditary info in form of double stranded molecules of... -
CORRECT ANSWERS--DNA
Made up of nucleotides - CORRECT ANSWERS--DNA
Consists of sugar (deoxyribose), phosphate molecule with nitrogen containing side
group or base - CORRECT ANSWERS--Nucleotides
...are of four types: Adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine - CORRECT
ANSWERS--Bases
...binds only to thymine or uracil - CORRECT ANSWERS--Adenine
...binds only to cytosine - CORRECT ANSWERS--Guanine
Each sugar linked to another via...creating polymer chain - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Phosphate group
Bonds between bases on diff strands - CORRECT ANSWERS--Hydrogen bonds
Bonds between phosphate backbone - CORRECT ANSWERS--Covalent bonds
Each strand serves as template to synthesise new DNA strand complimentary to
itself - CORRECT ANSWERS--DNA replication
Templated polymerisation, DNA sequence used as template for production of RNA -
CORRECT ANSWERS--Transcription
RNA molecules used to synthesise proteins - CORRECT ANSWERS--Translation
Consists of ribose, phosphate, Adenine, guanine, cytosine and uracil - CORRECT
ANSWERS--RNA
Transcripts function as intermediates in transfer of genetic info, they serve as... -
CORRECT ANSWERS--mRNA
Single-stranded, flexible backbone which can fold back on itself - CORRECT
ANSWERS--RNA
Unbranched polymer chains made from amino acids AKA polypeptide - CORRECT
ANSWERS--Proteins
